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Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« on: Tue, 15 October 2013, 10:34:17 »
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 15 October 2013, 11:03:54 »
Is that Fujitsu a RD?
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 15 October 2013, 11:13:05 »
Quote from: Binge on Tue, 15 October 2013, 11:03:54
Is that Fujitsu a RD?

Good question.....what's RD?
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 15 October 2013, 13:05:00 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 15 October 2013, 11:16:21
Quote from: do_Og@n on Tue, 15 October 2013, 11:13:05
Quote from: Binge on Tue, 15 October 2013, 11:03:54
Is that Fujitsu a RD?

Good question.....what's RD?

rubber dome

How have I been here for so long and didn't know that? Cursed acronyms!
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 07:14:32 »
I have confirmed that the Fujistu board is a spring over RD (the original Thorpe  :p ).

I have also added a couple of new gold oldies to the list.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 13:03:45 »
That “Yellow ALPS” board is pretty clearly a KPT/TEC switch. Does anyone know what those feel like? It’s a bit hard to tell from the descriptions I could find in searching.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 19:54:56 »
Quote from: jacobolus on Sat, 18 January 2014, 13:03:45
That “Yellow ALPS” board is pretty clearly a KPT/TEC switch. Does anyone know what those feel like? It’s a bit hard to tell from the descriptions I could find in searching.
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sure looks like a kpt, but when i photoshop'd, zoomed in it does not indicate or say kpt like a normal kpt switch does?

looks like leo or something.......
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:01:39 »
Quote from: terrpn on Sat, 18 January 2014, 19:54:56
Quote from: jacobolus on Sat, 18 January 2014, 13:03:45
That “Yellow ALPS” board is pretty clearly a KPT/TEC switch. Does anyone know what those feel like? It’s a bit hard to tell from the descriptions I could find in searching.
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sure looks like a kpt, but when i photoshop'd, zoomed in it does not indicate or say kpt like a normal kpt switch does?

looks like leo or something.......

The yellow KPT seem to be a TEC variant according to the DT wiki. So that may be what it says on the switch.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:17:12 »
Oh boy, the KPT vortex.

You have the big names (e.g. Alps, Himake, Tai-Hao), and then all the little names like Keypot (KPT), Podworld, Micronorth and so many other companies that made a few products and then vanished; many left only their initials (GA, TEC, ATW in particular). Those KPT-style switches (a combination derivative of SMK (contact mechanism) and Tai-Hao Aruz (shell)) were made in a load of different variants with a load of equally meaningless names and numbers written on them.

The KPT/TEC page referenced above should indicate the odds of ever figuring this out. Interestingly, though, that one above is indeed Podworld, which is curious. It may be that Podworld were the switch OEM, since they made a lot of these keyboards.

Two more versions of the Podworld 292, with the same switches, but marked differently:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=11248.0
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=7073.0

I would have to find out who made the keyboards with the other non-KPT versions in.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:26:55 »
good grief.............never seen so many knock-off's in my life :eek:
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:36:35 »
What is the Compaq DeskPro 286?
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:43:29 »
It's a variant of the Key Tronic E03091007

Foam and foil.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:43:44 »
Does anyone here have an opinion of the KPT switches?
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:46:03 »
Quote from: Daniel Beardsmore on Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:43:29
It's a variant of the Key Tronic E03091007

Foam and foil.

So does it feel like a Model F or does it just look like one? Thanks for the help, there are so many different vintage keyboards.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 19 January 2014, 07:20:32 »
If it's the tactile version with buckling rubber sleeves (which it appears to be, but I'm unclear on exactly what switches it has), then I imagine it will feel a lot like a rubber dome. I've never knowingly used a Key Tronic keyboard.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 19 January 2014, 07:39:47 »
Quote from: Halverson on Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:01:39
The yellow KPT seem to be a TEC variant according to the DT wiki. So that may be what it says on the switch.

From Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1uxnfz/unknown_at_keyboard_clone_with_unknown_mech/
http://imgur.com/a/t0RAJ#eBCjTci

That one clearly says "OC2", with an implication that we're reading the other one upside down, making it something like "037", "O37" or "C37".

You would need to pull a bunch of keycaps and check whether they all have the same writing on them, to determine whether what's written is a brand name or a mould number.
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Re: Some oldie but goldies on Ebay
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 19 January 2014, 09:58:52 »
KPT-102: http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/13939
Podword 292: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLICKY-MECHANICAL-HEU-292-KEYBOARD-WITH-WHITE-ALPS-/171048654282

Identical case.

At least one HEU-292 has a model number of PT-605D: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=7073.0

That Podworld keyboard has the "AA-nn" switches, the same as InSanCen's.
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